[KLUG Members] Package Manager Problems

[Matty]

On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 14:27, Bruce Smith wrote:
> > >Happy Thanksgiving!  
> > I'll second that!
> 
> I'll even third it!  :-)
> 
> > >Since switching to Debian a couple of years ago, I haven't ever
> > >looked back.  At this point, for any machine that I want to get work
> > >done on, I would never consider using a unix that doesn't have
> > >one-line internet-savvy installation and maintenance of packages,
> > >supported over the whole distribution from the kernel up.
> 
> Jamie, would you consider doing a KLUG presentation on apt & Debian?
> 
> A couple months ago I installed Debian on a HP Unix (PA-RISC processor)
> workstation and was very intrigued by "apt".  (I chose Debian because it
> was the only distribution supporting PA-RISC)
> 
> The few times I've installed Debian, I've found the install process to
> be somewhat, ah, well, "confusing" ...  I would very much like to see a

What did you find confusing? I have Debian running on a B132L
workstation. It seemed pretty straight forward (though not quite
the same as a Solaris/HPUX/Redhat install).

> presentation on the subject.   Thanks!
> 
> </doing Adam's job>  ;-)
> 
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> Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
> System Administrator / Network Administrator
> Armstrong International, Inc.
> Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
> http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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